Combination-underwear.



0. A, SHED AKER. COMBINATION UNDERWEAR. AHLICATION FILED AUG. 29, I913.

Patented Feb. 1,1916.

\V/TNESSES IN VENTOR C. A. SHEDAKER.

lamnted Feb. 1, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY one-s as A. snnnannn, or PHILADELPI-fiA, 'PE1\TI\TSYIiVAN1Ai COMBINATIQN-UNDERWEAR.

Application filed August #9, 1913. Serial No. 787,252.

To 011- 'Hll/JIII; it pm I/ concern:

lie it known that l, Minutes A. SHEDAKER,

a citizen of the l nited Shiites] and a resident.

of lhiladelpliia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (ombination-Underwear, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a full opening along the side seam from the waist down the leg of a closed crotch gar- .ment opened in the front at the upper end to a point above the crotch.

- A further purpose of my invention is to insure additional roomat the top of a side opening along the thigh. i

- A further purpose of my invention is to reinforce the garment at the'rear in proX- waist line and to extend the imity to the reinforcement the flap.

about the edge andbot'tom of Further purposes of my specification will appear the ;Cl!1l1lS and specification hereof.

I have preferred to illustrate my invention by a form thereof which I have found to be practical, eflicient, inexpensive. and convenient and which at the same time well illustrates the principles involved.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment containing my invention. Fig. .Zis-a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig.

i 1 with the flap and side-of theleg folded open at 6, down to 1 to that which would be secured the side'f.

' leg portions 9.

back for purposes of illustration. Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 2 taken upon lines 3--3 ,fartherup than sufiiciently .to form a seam with the thereof.

The upper portion 5 of my union garment is made of any convenient form, being I show an elastic crotch insert at 8 and short From approximately the waist line, 1 open the side of the garment of, making this the side of the thigh and leg and securing that part of the side which is connected with the front of the garment, as at 10, with that connected with the back of the garment, as at 11, by any suitable means, as buttons 12.

I desire that this opening shall not extend.

above the waist line at its upper end and yet, with reasonable overlapping'of joining shall have the effect in use of a side edges, much longer opening, giving an extent of spread and conformation of opening slmilar i Specification'of Letters Patent.

buttoning it' at 14, when suitable 'point in V preferably 7 any suitable point 7 abovethe crotch, so that it may be put on readily.

the upper end, of

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parts of the garment separated L0 a conheight above the waist band.

siderable Without interfering with the-waist band my structure giveslfull width of side opening at the waist and a much more free spread ing of. the sides 10, 1.1 of the'garment below than would otherwise 'be secured, 1 accomplish these results by the use of a flap 13 at the upper extremity of'gthe opening,

' the bilittohs 12 are fastened, -The upper end oftl e' side'mem- "her 11. istliusfree to open about the bottom 131 of the flap which may be located-at any the" side of the garment, near the side seams When the and 14 are' loosened, the opening buttons 12 movement of the lower part .of the side of"- the leg approximates at any given timethat.

which it would have if the side opening were extended above the Waist in line with the side seam. I find that but-"a short length of flap I3 is required to secure the desired width. of separation at. the sidealong thew-aist line and throughout the lengthof the opening. I extend the material'of the reinforcement l5about theedge 16 to coverboth sides of the flapj13, passing it .down into the flap bottom 13' and along the face of the fabric which the flap oigerlaps,as at 18 to the'sideseam. I prefer to make the buttonhole'19 inthe two thicknesses of this reinforcing strip, and, in such case, not extending the fabric of the lower, or drawer part" of the combination garment at this point lower edge of the reinforcement.

It will-thus be seen that the reinforcing strip is continuous about the back of the garment, preferably from side seam to side seam, and about the flap. .In-whatever direction strain is brought along it, the strain will be transmitted to the'reinforcing fabric and lengthy wise of it. t I t Having thus describedmy' invention, what I claim as new and. desire to secure, by Letters'Patent is:

1. A garment ing downwardly from the waist, a flap at the opening permitting greaterseparation-of the side's'of the opening at this point and a single-waist band secured to the body of the garment'on each side of the line of and'extending continuously between these portions,'folloWing-the contour of the outside and inside faces of the flap.

attachment of the flap hav ng an opening extend- 

